Handmade "Cock" with their own hands for the New Year

The patron of the upcoming New Year 2017 is the Fire Rooster. To win his trust for all the next 12 months, the holiday needs to be thoroughly prepared and, in particular, to decorate the living space with the appropriate symbol. You can do it yourself, using various materials for this.

In this article, we offer to your attention several master classes, with the help of which each child will be able to make his own craft for the New Year "Rooster".

How to make a craft of a rooster from the fabric with your own hands?

From cotton and linen fabric can make a funny bright cockerel on a stick. The following instruction will help you to create this artwork:

1. Prepare the necessary materials. You will need a 15x15 cm linen cloth, a piece of cotton cloth with a size of 5x20 cm, multi-colored satin ribbons, a wooden stick, jute, and also threads and needles.
2. Fold a piece of linen fabric along a diagonal line and sew around the edges with threads so that a triangle is formed. On one side, cut off the corner.
3. Turn the flax to the wrong side and insert a birch rod into the hole, securely attaching it with threads.
4. Tightly stuff the figure with a sintepon.
5. Just like in the second paragraph, attach a wooden stick.
6. From the red fabric, make a comb shaped like a bow, and attach it with a jute.
7. From multi-colored ribbons make a bundle and attach it to the tail.
8. On both sides of the body, sew the ribbons from the ribbons, and place the jute bows on them. Make the birdies eyes. Your cockerel is ready!

Handmade on the Christmas tree - rooster of a felt

Very cute crafts in the form of a cock for the New Year are obtained from felt. In particular, from this material you can make this Christmas tree toy:

1. Pick up pieces of felt and thread the right colors. You will also need scissors.
2. Using the pattern below, cut out the details from the felt of the corresponding color. Remember that all elements are paired, - each of them must be 2.
3. Collect all the details and sew with a hidden seam. On the neck of the bird, make a small hole and draw a shiny string through it, and string a bead on it. The toy is ready, it can be used to decorate the Christmas tree.

How to make a hand-made cake for the New Year from salted dough?

You can make a charming New Year's work in the form of a cock from salty dough. The following master class will help you do this:

1. Take 2 tablespoons of fine salt and 2 tablespoons of flour.
2. Mix salt and flour, pour in about 50 ml of cold water and mix the dough. To give a lot of elasticity, you can also add ½ teaspoon of vegetable oil.
3. Take the plaque and cover it with paper. From the salty dough, make a semicircle and place it on the plank.
4. Thinly roll out the dough, make the cockerel.
5. Using a match, make several holes in the trunk of the future bird. Starting from the bottom row, decorate with a thick fringe on the legs.
6. Make a flat ribbon, cut it several times along the longitudinal sides and attach this part to where the tail should be.
7. Attach a large number of feathers to the tail.
8. Make the neck in the form of a small trapezoid and attach it to the body.
9. Now make the feathers on the neck, beginning with the bottom row.
10. Roll the ball for the head and connect it with the neck with a match.
11. Decorate the side wing with thin strips of salted dough.
12. Along with the paper, carefully place the figure on a baking tray and place it in the oven for about 6-8 hours. The temperature should be about 140 degrees.
13. Color the craft with gouache of different colors. If you attach a magnet to this toy, you can decorate the refrigerator with it. In addition, such New Year's crafts in the year of the Rooster will look great on the Christmas tree.